PRETORIA - A warrant of arrest has been issued but stayed for former Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula after she failed to appear at the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on Friday.
Proceedings in her corruption case were due to continue after they were cut short on Tuesday after she fell ill.
The warrant will only be executed if Mapisa-Nqakula fails to present herself in court on 11 November.
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She faces 12 counts of corruption and one count of money laundering, linked to the period when she served as Defence Minister between 2014 and 2021.
The matter will return to court from 11 to 20 November and again from 30 November to 4 December.